School Environment
How many hours of sleep do school-age children typically need per day?
a. 7 to 9 hours
b. 9 to 12 hours
c. 12 to 14 hours
b. 9 to 12 hours
What is the key physical characteristic of middle childhood?
a. Major body composition changes due to puberty
b. Slow growth in height and weight
c. Loss of baby teeth and improved coordination
c. Loss of baby teeth and improved coordination
Which of the following describes the cognitive stage children enter during middle childhood, according to Piaget?
a. preoperational stage
b. concrete operational stage
c. formal operational stage
b. concrete operational stage
What is a socio-emotional development that children go through during middle childhood?
a. Enjoys group games and activities, such as competitive games
b. Understands numeric values and can perform basic math
c. Uses tools that require fine- and gross-motor skill
a. Enjoys group games and activities, such as competitive games
Erikson Industry v Inferiority
a. They are learning who to trust and who not to trust.
b. They are showing attachment to their caregiver.
c. They are becoming more independent and learning more skills.
c. They are becoming more independent and learning more skills.
What is the type of learning that people can learn by hearing the instructions?
a. kinesthetic tactile
b. visual
c. auditory
c. auditory
Which of the following activities is considered essential for promoting physical development during middle childhood?
a. Playing video games
b. Participating in team sports
c. Reading books
b. Participating in team sports
In Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, what characterizes "conventional morality"?
a. Making moral decisions based on personal principles
b. Making moral decisions based on societal expectations and laws
c. Making moral decisions to avoid feelings of guilt
b. Making moral decisions based on societal expectations and laws
What is bullying?
a. the act of name calling and threating people online.
b. the act of intimidating, threatening, or hurting someone else often over a period of time.
c. when peers laugh at others for being less fortunate.
b. the act of intimidating, threatening, or hurting someone else often over a period of time.
During middle childhood, children develop skills to solve problems and plan for future tasks. These skills are called:
a. Metacognitive skills
b. Executive strategies
c. Learning diversity
b. Executive strategies
what type of learning is hands on?
a. auditory
b. kinesthetic tactile
c. visual
b. kinesthetic tactile
what describes the proportion of body fat to lean mass in a person’s body?
a. centering
b. obesity
c. body composition
c. body composition
What is "centration," a concept identified by Piaget?
a. The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation
b. The development of moral reasoning
c. The ability to think abstractly
a. The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation
What is an important socio-emotional characteristic of children in middle childhood?
a. Focus on imaginative play
b. Desire to be part of a peer group and form friendships
c. Constant exploration of physical surroundings
b. Desire to be part of a peer group and form friendships
Which parenting style is most associated with positive outcomes in children during middle childhood?
a. Authoritarian parenting
b. Democratic (Authoritative) parenting
c. Power-assertive parenting
b. Democratic (Authoritative) parenting
what type of learning is when you have to see the problem solved to learn it?
a. visual
b. kinesthetic tactile
c. auditory
a. visual
what are foods that are rich in vitamins and mineral but contain relatively few calories?
a. body composition
b. nutrient-based
c. obesity
b. nutrient-based
what side of the brain is used for logic and reasoning?
a. left side
b. right side
a. left side
Erikson's stage that focuses on children's ability to develop competence and confidence.
a. concrete operational
b. industry v inferiority
c. conventional morality
b. industry v inferiority
Piaget's stage, when children begin to think logically based on their past experiences.
a. concrete operational
b. industry v inferiority
c. trust v mistrust
a. concrete operational
what side of the brain is intuitive?
a. right side
b. left side
c. middle
a. right side
When children focus on only one part of a situation or problem?
a. centration
b. centering
c. industry
b. centering